Thanks, guys. Think I'll go ahead and do it. I'd rather get prompted than have the entire contents of my address book receiving that garbage. Getting rid of some of those irritating pop-ups would be worth anything!

Today I saw instructions on Woody's Windows XP newsletter for getting rid of the Net Send program and keeping potential spammers from using it. Does this way of sending spam get around spam-control programs? I have SpamKiller, which is currently doing a very good job.

Thanks, guys. I'll file Adaware for now. My SpamKiller is doing what I want it to do, and I want to get my money's worth out of it before I discard it for Adaware.

Now, do any of the rest of you know the answer to my question re whether I need to get rid of the Net Send program when I have a spam-control program? I have not yet received any spam in the fashion described by Woody. Just trying to be proactive.

Originally posted by ethics AH! Is that where those things are kept? GOod to know since I was downloading new versions of the entire program.

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Yes, it's a seperate little program that you need to run with Ad-Aware. Just run RefUpdate and it should automatically add the new definitions to Ad-Aware.

Also, if you are feeling adventurous, there is another anti-spyware program out there that is pretty powerful. It's called Spybot Search & Destroy/

It's much more powerful and comprehensive then Ad-Aware. The downside of that power is that it's pretty easy to delete some reg files that should not have been deleted. So be careful with what you delete after running a scan.

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Today I saw instructions on Woody's Windows XP newsletter for getting rid of the Net Send program and keeping potential spammers from using it. Does this way of sending spam get around spam-control programs? I have SpamKiller, which is currently doing a very good job.

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I'm not familiar with the article or the exploit described, Allene. I do know that NET SEND is a built-in command used to broadcast messages to all users on a domain, or to a specific user on the domain. In other words, deleting it from your machine won't prevent anyone else from using the command from their machine, plus it would have to originate from within the domain.

I found this site which has excellent step by step instructions for setting up Spybot if anyone is interested.

Oh ya....it too is free!! :happy:

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I've just bookmarked that site. Thanks.

This thread has already generated 12 replies and 47 views in what must be about a one-hour span! Wow! Any young, unattached ladies out there who are looking for male attention (as opposed to older, attached ones like me) should just post a techie question and watch the guys come out of the woodwork!

A convenient way to deal with ActiveX as well as potential javascript "problems" with IE is to disable scripting/javascript in the Internet Zone but enable these in the Trusted Zone. Then use Jason Levine's Trust Setter to easily add or remove sites (simply click the icon it adds to your browser) to your Trusted Zone as needed when you encounter a site that uses ActiveX or javascript that you deem safe. This way you can avoid the annoying prompts to allow scripts for new sites as well as those sites you do trust, e.g., CNN. Also, make sure your Outlook or Outlook Express is set to use Internet Zone as its security setting. You can get Trust Setter (it's perfectly safe; Jason is well respected in the Security forum at BBR!) from